Practice and policies on user fees for immunization in developing countries

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  • Sarah England
  • Miloud Kaddar
  • Ashok Nigam
  • Matilde Pinto
چکیده

The Department of Vaccines and Biologicals thanks the donors whose unspecified financial support has made the production of this document possible. The GAVI Financing Task Force, as represented by its core members, considers that the arguments and evidence presented are sound and balanced, and is in general agreement with the content and conclusions contained within the paper. This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all rights are reserved by the Organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced and translated, in part or in whole, but not for sale nor for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. The views expressed in documents by named authors are solely the responsibility of those authors.

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تاریخ انتشار 2001